The Skills Ontario Competition at the Congress Centre in Etobicoke, Ontario, May 6-8, 2019 was huge… filled with masses of students and interested parties (about 35,0000!)

The first day from Public Schools and the second day from High Schools and Post-Secondary Schools. The Congress Centre was filled! A real buzz of excitement was in the air and all 2,400 competitors were ready for action! On the third day, the Competition winners were announced and medals given out.

All the competitions taking place were very interesting, but the Auto Service and Autobody/Car Painting sectors were our focus.

The winners in Auto Service, Secondary School were: 1^st Caleb Rose, Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic DSB; 2^nd Mitch Black, District School Board of Niagara and 3^rd Ivan-joy Ponrajah, Toronto Catholic DSB.

Auto Service, Post-Secondary winners were: 1^st Thomas Phan, Centennial College; 2^nd Peter Nigh, Fanshawe College and 3^rd Jordan Ball, Algonquin College.

In the car painting competition, two ladies collected the Gold Medals! In Car Painting, Secondary School, the winners were: 1^st Evelyn Torres, Toronto District School Board (DSB); 2^nd Aaron Walker, Toronto dsb, and 3^rd Liam Alford, Limestone dsb.

In the post-secondary competition, the winners were: 1^st Catherine Mathewson, Centennial College; 2^nd Tyler Kikkert, Fanshawe College and 3^rd Mark Raftis, Fanshawe College.

Autobody Repair Secondary School winners were: 1^st Jordan Johnson, Toronto dsb, and 2^nd Matt Mack, Simcoe County dsb.

And the Post-Secondary School winners were: 1^st Nick Stanov, Fanshawe College;

2^nd Gurdeep Dhaliwal, Centennial College and 3^rd Tom Kearney, Algonquin College.

It was a fantastic competition and for being chosen to be in the events, all the students were winners!

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